Folks used to say that when it came to Los Angeles, “you can get anywhere in 20 minutes.” Is that an expression you ever said or heard or experienced to be true? We want to hear about the woes and wonders of driving in Los Angeles – now and then.

With all the unrest in the world, it's easy to forget that great things can happen to people — sometimes, when they least expect it.
In search of some of that goodness, KPCC asked listeners to brag about the person nearest and dearest to them, and share their LA meet-cutes.

The Missouri Board of Education recently raised the academic standing of the Normandy Schools Collaborative from "unaccredited" to “provisionally accredited." But with annual test scores and the high school graduation rate still fall below state averages, many parents, including a few PIN sources, are wary of whether the district has improved as much as it appears to have on paper.